Hasp-fastener.



No. 702,605. Patented lune 17,190.2.

- A. volGHT.

HASP FASTENER.v

l (Application lod Har. 6, 1902.)y (lo Model.)

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AUGUST VOICI-IT, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE STANLEYWORKS, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

HAS P-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 702,605, dated June 17,1902.

Application led March 6,1902. SerialNo. 96,880. (No model.) I

To @ZZ whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, AUGUST VOIGHT, a citizen of the United States,residing at NewBritain, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hasps,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hasps; and it has for its object theprovision ofan improved device of this class so constructed that should the partsthereof he thrown out of proper position by the warping or shrinking ofthe door, gate, or other closure one of them may be shifted to overcomethis defect.

A further object of the invention is the'provision of a staple plate orcarrier of such construction that the staple may be adjusted to bring itinto registration with the slot for its reception in the leaf of thehasp should the parts be out of alinement.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is ya perspective' view of myimproved hasp,'

showing it in position upon a door or other closure. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the staple-bearing plate or carrier, and Fig. 3 is atransverse section upon line 3 3 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction ofthe arrow.

yLike numerals designate similar parts throughout the several views.

In Fig. 1 a door or other device is designated by the numeral 5, andthis door is shown closed against the frame 5'. A haspleaf 6 is hingedat 7 to a leaf 8, and said leaf 6 is slotted at 9 for the reception of astaple 10. The leaf 8 Iis provided with a series of perforations for thereception of usual fastening devices, such as screws 13, for securing itto the door 5 or other support.

Designated by 15 is-a staple-bearing plate or carrier, and it it haswings 16, perforated at 17 for the reception of fastening devices 18,and is provided with an offset central portion 19 having slots oropenings 2O 20', through which pass`the legs 10 102 of the staple 10,said legs being riveted or otherwise secured at 2l 21 to a plate 22,fitted in the recess 23, formed by the odset portion 19 of said plate15. As will be seen by Fig. 1, the plate 22 is of less width than theoset portion and of a thickness substantially conforming to the depththereof, the result being that when the staple-carrier is secured inposition the plate will beheld against the support with sufficientfriction to keep the staplein proper alinement with the slot in thehasp, lbut with a feasibility of adjustment should, through shrinkage ofthe wood or other causes, the hasp or the staple be thrown out ofregistrai tion. This staple carrier 15 and also the leaves 6 and 8 arepreferably stamped from sheet metal, such as steel.

Should the parts of the hasp become so displaced from warpage or othercause that` the staple 10 will not register' with the slot 9 of leaf 6,this defect may be readily overcome by merely tappingthe staple with ahammer, and thereby so adjusting the plate 22 in recess 23 that saidstaple will again be in position to enter the slot when it is desired tolock the hasp. As will be seen, the plate 22 is forced against itsbacking wall or support when the staple-carrier 15 is secured to such osupport, and consequently said plate will nor mallybe held inproperposition, but with the feasibility of adjustment above statedshould the parts from any cause be thrown out of line.

`Having thus described myinvention, what I claim is- 1. A staple-carriercomprising a metallic plate having a slotted offset portion; a staplethe legs of which pass through the slots of said oifset portion; and aplate fitted in the recess formed by the offset portion `on the back ofthe staple-carrier and to which plate the legs of the staple aresecured, said plate being of less width than said recess, and beingadapted to bear against the support to which the staple-carrier issecured.

2. A staple-carrier consisting of a sheetmetal plate with a stamped-upodset portion, said offset portion having a pair of slots; a staple, thelegs of which are inserted through said slots; and a plate to which thelegs of the staple are secured, said plate being of less width than therecess formed by the offset portion in the staplecarrier.

3. TheY combination, with a hasp having a slot, of a staple-carrierhaving an offset por- In testimony whereof I affix my signature inpresence of two Witnesses.

AUGUST VOIGHT.

tion provided With a pair of separated slots; a staple, the legs ofwhich lare inserted in said Slots; and a, plate 13o which the legs ofsaid staple are secured, said plate fibtingin the re- I cess formed bythe offset portion on lalle back l VViLuesses:

of the staple-carrier and being of less Width l H. B. I-IUMASON, thansaid recess. T. L. VVEED.

